A one-woman play that explores family history, eccentricity and second hand clothes
Clothes can tell a thousand stories.
Julie Flower brings her one-woman show Grandma’s Shop to Edinburgh Fringe. A wholly personal production, this play delves into the life and influence of Julie’s grandmother, Hilda, who ran a vintage shop on Devonshire Street in Sheffield for decades.
Upon entering the space, we are greeted with plastic bags full of clothes, dresses and jackets adorning racks and the music of Sheffield icons such as Richard Hawley and Jarvis Cocker playing on the speaker. Flowers takes us back in time, to when her grandma was interviewed by a journalist from the Guardian for being a famous eccentric all the way through the tumultuous times of the 70s and 80s.
Flower demonstrates the true life story of her grandmother through a kaleidoscope of emotions and heart-warming stories. Hilda demonstrated her carefree and caring attitude in how she became a solace for the punks, queers and misfits of Sheffield, dressing anyone in the fashion she saw inside them, for a low cost as well.
Flower uses suitable elements of clothing and knick knacks to bring the world of her grandma’s vintage shop to life. Grandma’s Shop fully realises the details of a Sheffield icon on the stage.
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